1. R-e-n-n-a-t

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   Firstly, you can add me if you want, but my copy of Tron is a rental. I'll buy my own copy as soon as I can, because this game is awesome online! The single player is somewhat 'meh' so far, but it's great practice (and XP) for multiplayer, and it really does have some memorable battles. The entire game is focused around acrobatic parkour mixed with equally coordinated skirmishes, and although it's possible to fall off high places and die a little too often in the single player, checkpoints are plentiful, so a fall won't set you back more than a minute. As an added feature, the character that you upgrade in single player can be taken into online multiplayer sessions! The part of the game I really enjoy is the multiplayer. There aren't a ton of maps, but you don't even really notice. The fluid, lightening fast duels and lightcycle battles are the real focus, not the maps. These battles are very fast-paced, with multiple combos that are usually short and easy to remember. Backflips, melee, and ranged combat are all integrated seamlessly into the fights, and it's very common for players to resemble choreographed combatants in a movie, rather than just people holding dualshock controllers. As impressive as the on-foot combat is, the lightcycle battles are even more unique, and just as fun. I'm sure most people reading this know what lightcycles are and how you kill things with them, so I'll skip the analysis and go straight to gameplay mechanics. You can choose from a variable 'close' or 'far' camera, depending on your preference. In these lightcycle battles, you can choose to ride your lightcycle, or go on foot at any time. Much of the steering is controlled with the analogs, but for sharp 90 degree turns you can also use R1 and L1. The lightcycle arenas are quite large, and take a while to traverse even going mind-bendingly fast, and the teams can struggle for control of a single tank in the map, adding a wild card. Both on foot and while riding lightcycles, combat is a lot of fun, and the art style doesn't disappoint. It's very clearly a Tron game. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to call this one of the best movie games I've ever played, maybe even the absolute best. In general, Tron Evolution is an interesting journey into the grid, mixed with fast, hard-hitting combat, and one of the most innovative online components I've seen in years. In a market flooded with cloned, drab shooters, Tron really stands out for its willingness to turn the online multiplayer market on its head, and redefines what team deathmatches can be. At least rent this game. You should know within three or four hours of play (including multiplayer), if you like the game, or if you'd prefer to microwave it.… Expand

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2. sutherland604

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   Let me start my multiplayer rant with this message: PSN: sutherland604 add me, lets battle on The Grid. After reading/watching most of the reviews online for Tron: Evolution I have noticed they barely mention the multiplayer aspects of the game. The game by no means re-created the wheel with their online modes, but I find it to be a welcomed change from the overload of 1st person shooters online. As much fun as rolling into cover behind an abandoned Hummer on the war torn streets of Cuba with a loaded automatic rifle is, I fully enjoyed grabbing my light disc and going into The Grid. By now you have probably already read a review or two that talks about how the game is a chapter in the TRON saga that takes place somewhere between the events of the 1982 TRON film and the 2010 release of Tron: Legacy. With parkour inspired mobility and combat, full 3D support on the PS3 as well as support for the Playstaion Move on light cycle levels. My review isn’t going to tell you more of what has been documented, I want to shed more light on the game’s multi player and it’s persistent player progression system. Out of the box the game features 4 multiplayer maps to play on featuring 4 different game modes. Well, 3 modes really, the deathmatch style Disintegration mode has solo and team versions. If you go online you can play with up to 10 other people in one match. Or, if your PSN friends list is low or you want to get some practice in, you can play any of the multiplayer modes with up to 9 AI opponents. Fans of TRON will be drawn to the light cycle modes first (and in my case, most often). Being able to hop on your light cycle on the Defrag and Circuit Board maps is heaps of fun. You can be engaged in combat with a rival team over control of a “power nodeâ€� (flag) and if you are about to be derezzed you can wall run overhead, jump off the platform and make a getaway on your light cycle. The ability to jump on and off of your light cycle is a huge skill to master early on if you plan on playing the light cycle map. In the Bit Runner mode you, or your team, gain points for holding onto the “bitâ€� and surviving on the Grid. Depending on how many players are in your match you can get surrounded quickly by light trails and being able to time your 90* turns and jumps off and on of your light cycle can keep you alive. In addition to the 4 maps available on the game disc, Propaganda Games has also added 2 additional maps for free to players who bought the game. Just be sure you don’t loose the little card the code is written on when you open the game. Both the Codestream Nexus and Users Plaza maps are vehicle only maps and offer more of the fun game play as the previous maps do. The Heatsink & Hard Disc maps shipped on the disc play more like the single player campaign do. The parkour combat system and mobility features are used to navigate large maps. As opposed to “infectedâ€� AI programs coming out of closets in the level you face off against other users. This is a welcomed change from the repetition faced in combat during the story mode. A factor in your personal success in multiplayer arenas depends on how far you have come along in your characters persistent player progression. This “system upgradeâ€� function allows you to improve almost every aspect of your character in the game. From the specific Mods you can add to your light disc to the system upgrades you can do to your light cycle, the longer you play the game they better your character becomes. Again, they aren’t recreating the wheel with this progression system, but the ability to use upgrades acquired in the single player game online in multiplayer and vice versa provides a new take on an old model. This can be a double edged sword though. If you log on now, many gamers have already maxed out their character and thus are near impossible to kill online. But with enough time spent online or progressing through the single player mode you can seek revenge against those players who derezzed you early on. All in all the multiplayer for TRON: Evolution adds to the game immensely. If you play the single player campaign and feel the need for more time on your light cycle or if you want a change form the AI baddies you face then log into The Grid and join in on a 10 player match. Just be sure to avoid the programs sutherland604 & Kirk JR. They have been logged into The Grid for some time now and are hard to derezz.… Expand

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3. JimmyoftheDead

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   Hate me now, but i haven't seen the first movie. I saw Tron Legacy in theaters and i did like that movie, it seemed a great idea and playing it as a video is a fool proof idea. How can you mess up a movie tie-in game when the movie itself is about a video game? I'm not saying this is a terrible game, but this just isn't what i expected. I'll start with what it got right, the core gameplay. The fast combat that has u flipping around and attacking enemies with you disc is enjoyable and feels good to get in a strong combo is multiple moves that you learned. If i were to compare it to another game, it would have to be God of War or Dantes Inferno, with light, heavy and special moves that you can flow together. After that though, there isn't anything that Tron Evolution really gets right, or at least doesn't do to the fullest extent. The visuals are fine, but if you have seen one glowing blue wall, you have seen the rest. They spice it up once in a while with green and orange, but it's all very simplistic and i feel that if they had made it to a bigger scale it would have felt more like the movie, instead of showing us all the big set pieces in cut scenes only. Enemies also are bland. Some will have you using new skills you learned to take them out, but that is the only way TO kill them. You just have to spam that attack over and over again in order to kill them. At some points in the game it feels like they threw it in there as an after thought just to extend the play time, with some entire chapters being room after room with the same enemy type just to slow you down. You also find little attachment to anything in this game story wise. Yes, some of the actors from the movies voice their characters here, but they just seem like a cameo, even if they are a part of the story, they will leave you to fend for yourself and you wont see them again for quite some time. Your character also is silly in all reason. You are an AI of the Tron universe that somehow escaped a virus and everyone trusts you because you don't have any emotions, but that leaves you not caring for him either. Why can't i play as Clu or something? Id even be happy if it was just a small mission where you could play as an actual character of the movies, but you don't. Finally there is the multiplayer, which is probably the most fun you can have with this package, if you can find a match. Once you do though, the nostalgia that fans of the movies will be worth the price of the game, with fast paced deathmatches on lightbikes and arena matches that can be chaotic fun. Even for those, like myself, who wouldn't have the same nostalgia rush as some, these are still alot of fun. The experience you earn in the multiplayer also help you out in the main story, which is something i think is amazing to see. In all, Tron Evolution isn't a bad game, it also isn't a very good game. You can have some fun in the single player, but it won't last long, but in multiplayer the game shines and I loved my time with it. Sadly the multiplayer (at least on the PS3 version) isn't very populated and finding a match that is full isn't easy. I say this is good if you are a die hard fan of Tron, but if you want fast gameplay and a good story, there are other games that can do better than Tron Evolution.… Expand

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